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Politicians from both parties and other government officials are looking into allegations of rampant overmedication, retaliatory management practices and preventable overdose deaths at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wis., that The Center for Investigative Reporting revealed last week. In the story's wake, the VA has begun "actively reviewing allegations of retaliatory behavior and overmedication at the Tomah VA Medical Center," said agency spokesman James Hutton. He said the facility's chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan, has been temporarily reassigned to the VA regional office while an internal investigation takes place....

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